New Zealand slams Australia for revoking citizenship of IS associate
Turkish authorities detained a woman with dual Australia-New Zealand citizenship allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State.
New Zealand has criticized Australia for revoking the citizenship of an alleged Islamic State affiliate in Turkey.
On Monday, Turkish authorities said they detained a 26-year-old New Zealand woman and two children trying to illegally enter Turkey from Syria. The woman is an alleged IS member, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
She is also a citizen of Australia and has not lived in New Zealand since she was six years old, but the Australian government revoked her citizenship, according to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Ardern said Australia abdicated its responsibility for dealing with the woman.
